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From YouTube: Meet The People: Kim Clark-Baskin
Description
On this episode of Meet The People, Kim Clark-Baskin talks about her more than 25 years working in the City Clerk's office, how technology has changed in that time, and what her go-to karaoke song is.
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Prior
to
covet,
we
were
in
the
vault
a
whole
lot,
you'd,
be
surprised
at
the
things
that
the
constituents
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
even
those
outside
the
city
request
from
us
so
being
able
to
go
in
and
pull
books
from
the
1800s
where
the
legislation
was
all
handwritten
in
calligraphy,
beautiful
handwriting
to
changing
from
typewritten
and
now
being
computer
generated.
It
is
definitely
awesome
to
see
the
transition
over
time
and
when
we
have
people
that
come
into
the
vault,
you
know
when
they
tour
the
vault
they're
just
like
in
awe
at
that.
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We
still
have
records
that
old
and
the
paper
is
still
intact
and
you
know
the
books.
Some
of
the
books
are,
you
know
a
little
worn
and
tattered,
but
for
the
most
part
you
know
we,
our
books
and
our
legislation
is
really
in
good
condition
and
our
archivist
nick
hartley
takes
really
good
care.
You
know
of
the
older
things
that
we
have
do.
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I
probably
should
you
know,
nick
probably
cringes,
when
we're
all
in
there
handling
the
old
legislation
in
the
books,
but
no
so
after
covet,
once
we
came
back
after
covet,
we
really
don't
get
a
lot
of
requests
anymore.
So
most
of
the
things
that
we're
getting
requests
for
are
computer
generated
so
which
is
like
awesome.
So
we
really
don't
need.
There's
really
no
need
to
go
into
the
vault
so
from
2000
forward.
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B
Yeah
when
I
first
started,
you
know
I
was
in
awe
like
looking
like.
I
can't
believe
these
people
have
all
this
stuff
like
what
what
do
you
need
this
stuff
for,
but,
as
I
grew
and
got
more
wise
and
older,
I
understood
the
importance
of
the
history
of
the
city.
So
now
I
respect
it
a
lot
more
than
what
I
did
when
I
was
a
teenager.
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B
B
So
I
would
come
in
during
my
breaks
when
I
was
at
iup
and
I
would
just
work
during
the
summers.
I
would
work
on
transcribing
the
public
hearing
and
the
meeting
tapes
for
her
to
send
out,
and
eventually
they
pulled
me
on
full
time.
So
I've
been
here
full
time
since
then.
So
it's
about
27
years,
I
have
now
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
In
one
department
in
a
city
clerk's
office,.
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B
So
we
would
have
stenographers
come
in
and
you
know
they
would
do
their
thing
on
their
little
machine
and
while
they
did
while
they
did
that,
I
would
then
go
back
and
listen
to.
Of
course,
I
couldn't
do
anything
with
their
tape,
but
I
would
go
back
and
listen
to
the
cassette
tape
and
I
would
type
them
I
would
go
into
the
computer
and
I
would
type
the
tapes
out.
So
that's
what
I
did
as
an
intern
back
in
the
90s.
A
B
The
one
thing
that
we
do
have
that
you
know
has
definitely
pulled
us
into
more
up-to-date
is
our
legislation,
tracking
software,
which
is
legislar
and
granicus,
and
so
that's
where
we
generate
all
the
legislation.
The
legislation
comes
over
in
word,
but
one
of
my
staffers
goes
in
and
she
pulls
that
she
imports
the
word
document
into
legistar,
which
generates
an
agenda
for
council
every
tuesday
and
wednesday
in
any
other
meeting
that
they
have.
So
they
are
able
to
have
a
working
document.
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We
used
to
typewrite
all
of
our
legislation
so
not
having
to
use
a
typewriter,
and
we
were
using
the
typewriter
well
into
the
2000s
well
into
yeah
way
into
the
2000s.
So
you
know
just
being
able
to
watch
to
be
a
part
of
this.
The
just
the
ongoing
technology
changes
and
ongoing
improvements
in
the
clerk's
office
has
definitely
been
one
to
it
makes
me
realize
how
old
I
am
so
going
from
a
typewriter
having
to
type
right
and
then
just
now,
just
going
in
and
just
clicking
the
button
like
it's
so
much
easier.
A
I've
been
working,
this
is
my
first
time
working
for
a
municipality,
but
I've
worked
around
municipalities
for
a
really
long
time
and
and
when
I
got
to
when
I
got
here
and
I
started
to
understand,
legistar
and
granicus.
I
was
fascinated
by
the
by
the
simple
fact
that
somebody
could
go
on
to
the
system.
B
It
was
a
huge
learning
curve
for
all
of
us
because
we
were
so
used
to
not
having
that
we
weren't
used
to
having
to
go
in
and
type
everything
out
ourselves
and
as
well
as
our
videos,
our
meetings
being
video.
You
know
by
you
all
by
the
cable
department
onto
a
dvd.
So
of
course
you
know
everybody
knows
with
a
dvd.
B
What
they're
looking
for
pull
it
out
and
call
us
if
they
need
a
copy
of
it
or
you
know
if
they
have
more
questions
or
we
can
direct
them
down
the
hall?
It's
just
so
it
made
our
lives
a
lot
easier.
So
you
know
the
addition
of
ledger
store
has
definitely
been.
You
know,
I
think
one
of
our
biggest
improvements
in
the
clerk's
office.
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B
I
would
say
that
we,
the
calls,
have
definitely
decreased,
because
people
are
now
able
to
navigate
through
the
internet
and
go
on
to
the
lic,
which
is
a
legislative
information
center
on
council's
web
page
and
also
the
clerk's
web
page
to
go
in
and
search
for
legislation
themselves,
so
the
older
legislation.
Unfortunately,
we
have
not
got
around
to
inputting
that
into
legislator.
That
would
take
a
very
very
long
time
and
so
we're
just
not
sure
you
know
if
we'll
ever
be
able
to
get
that
done.
B
But
the
good
thing
is
we
keep
everything
on
site
here
in
the
office,
so
we
have
all
the
legislation
from
the
1800s
to
present.
So
you
would
be
surprised.
A
lot
of
people
still
call
like.
I
need
the
street
vacation
from
1894,
and
so
my
staff
is
versed
enough
to
go
in
pull
directly
what
it
is,
what
they
need.
You
know
copy
it,
and
then
you
know
give
it
to
the
constituent
for
whatever
reason
that
they
need
it.
So
when
you
say
copy
you.
B
So
what
nick
our
city
archivist
and
his
assistant,
charles
suckup,
have
done?
They
have
scanned
over
200
years
of
legislation
and
meetings
into
the
system.
So
now
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
the
older
things
on
the
system
and
a
lot
of
people.
Don't
know
that
so
when
they
do
call
for
the
older
for
the
older
pieces,
we're
able
to
direct
them
to
nick
and
he's
able
to
go
into
the
system
and
search
and
pull
that
up.
So
you
know
our
city,
archivist
has
done
a
lot
for
the
clerk's
office.
B
We've
moved,
we've
advanced,
you
know,
like
leaps
and
bounds,
to
what
we're
able
to
do
versus
before
having
to
literally
manually
go
through
books,
books
on
top
of
books
on
top
of
books
for
it
to
come
up
a
bust.
You
know
so
now
he's
able
just
to
go
and
type
in
a
few
key
words
and
find
what
they're
looking
for
so.
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B
Yeah
we
we
used
to
have
to
do
that
wow
and
prior
to
the
archivists
coming
here.
You
know
we
would
put
the
book
down
on
a
copier
and
we'd
have
to
smash
the
spine
down.
You
know
in
order
to
get
the
whole
page,
but
now
that
you
know
they've
scanned
a
lot
of
that
information.
We
don't
have
to
do
that
anymore.
So.
B
B
Maybe,
and
then
I
went
to
the
supervisor
for
about
six
about
six
years
and
then
the
opportunity
presented
itself
when
the
prior
city
clerk,
linda
johnson,
wassler
retired,
in
2014,
and
so
I
applied
for
the
position
of
deputy
city
clerk
and
council,
believed
in
me,
and
they
gave
me
a
chance
and
I've
been
the
assistant
ever
since.
Do
you.
A
B
Oh
yeah,
definitely,
you
know
so
like
I
came
in
at
the
bottom
and
I
learned
from
literally
from
step
one.
You
know
just
to
watch
how
legislative
where
legislation
came
from,
and
even
before
that
I
had
to
learn
like
what
city
council
was
because
I
did
not
know
who
my
city
councilman
was.
I
knew
who
the
mayor
was
at
the
time,
but
not
being
versed
in
politics.
B
I
just
wasn't
interested
in
it.
So
when
I
had
the
chance
to
intern,
I
came
in
and
I
learned
so
many
different
things
and
just
moving
up
through
the
ranks
through
the
office,
I
was
able
to
then
be
able
to
touch
different
parts
of
the
legislation
at
one
point
and
touch
different
parts
of
being
able
to
communicate
with
different
people
throughout
the
city.
B
So
now
you
know,
I
have
a
staff
that
literally
all
the
jobs
in
our
office,
I
have
done
those
jobs
so
to
watch
them,
do
what
I
used
to
do
and
to
watch
them
grow
and
do
it
differently,
and
I'm
like
oh
man.
I
wish
I
didn't
know
that
back
then
I
would
have
did
it.
You
know
the
way
that
they're
doing
it
now,
but
you
know
as
as
time
goes
on,
you
know,
processes,
change
and
people
change
and
so
the
more
new
and
fresh
ideas
that
come
in
the
door.
B
A
Really
awesome
about
the
city
clerk's
office
is,
I
have
been
here
almost
nine
years
now.
You
have
no
turnover.
No,
we
don't
people.
It
seems
like
coming
to
work
like
who
they
work
with
like
who
they
work
for,
and
they
don't
leave
right
and
that's
really
a
testament
to
you
as
as
a
supervisor
as
a
manager
watching
over
them,
and
they
want
to
come
to
work
with
and
for
you.
B
Yeah,
it's
great
like
I
said
we
have
a
great
staff
and
I
think
the
the
last
person
hired
on
our
staff,
I
think,
is
our
archivist
and
now
he's
going
on.
I
want
to
say
six
years
and
kate,
who
is
our
internal
account:
monitor,
has
40
plus
years
with
the
city,
but
about
20
plus
with
the
clerk's
office.
So
everybody
here
is
tenure
and
we
all
get
along.
So
we
went
from
having
a
staff
of
about
30
over
the
years
and
we
dwindled
down
to
eight
and
everybody
gets
along.
You
know
everybody
likes
each
other.
B
You
know
we're
like
a
small
family
in
a
clerk's
office
and
not
having
turnover
just
makes
it
that
much
better.
You
know
because
we
help
each
other
we're
each
other's
strength.
So
where
one
has
a
weakness,
the
other
has
a
strength
and
we
build
each
other
up
and
we
laugh
and
we
joke
all
the
time,
but
we
know
tuesday,
wednesday
and
any
other
day
that
council
needs
us.
They
can
depend
on
the
clerk's
office.
So
you
know
we
definitely
were
big
on
education
and
we
continually,
you
know,
make
things
change
in
the
clerk's
office.
B
Just
to
keep
our
staffers,
you
know
up-to-date
and
knowledgeable
of
the
job
that
they
have
to
do
and
as
councils
change,
you
know,
attitudes,
change,
outlooks
change
and
we
continually
and
constantly
remind
our
staff
that
no
matter
what
member
serves
or
what
member
gets
voted
out
or
voted
in.
You
know
we
have
one
job
to
do
and
that
is
to
make
sure
that
they
can
function,
and
so
you
know
being
able
to
work
together-
and
you
know
just
be
positive
around
each
other.
Like
is
is
great.
It
definitely
is
great.
A
Not
only
from
an
internal
standpoint,
but
an
external
standpoint
when
I
walked
in
I'm
not
from
pittsburgh.
No
none
of
you
knew
who
I
was
you
didn't
know
why
my
face
was
appearing
so
regularly,
but
you
all
welcomed
me
and
took
me
in
and
explained
the
nuances
of,
not
just
the
city
of
pittsburgh
government,
but
how
meeting
what
meeting
is
what
and
where
they?
What
part
of
the
room
they
meet
in?
You
were
all
pretty
fantastic
were
r.
B
Yeah,
I
think
you
know
we
have
to
be
because
we
have
so
many
different
relationships
throughout
the
city.
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
foster
positive
communication
and
positive
relationships.
So
just
so
they
know
you
know
anytime,
they
need
the
clerk's
office.
For
any
reason
we
are.
Definitely
we
try
to
be
hospitable.
We
try
to
be
very
welcoming
you
know,
because
I
would
want
my
staff
to
be
able
to
go
to
another
department
and
they
get
the
same
reception
that
that
people,
you
know,
come
whether
it
be
constituents
from
the
outside
or
internal
workers.
B
I
want
them
to
always
be
able
to
walk
away
and
say,
like
oh,
the
clerk
staff.
You
know
what
I
mean
like
they're,
great
they're
friendly.
They
deft
their
hands
on
you
know,
and
nobody
ever
rarely
gets
turned
away
with
something
that
we
can't
find
like.
I
said
I
can't
you
know,
raise
my
staff
up
enough.
You
know
just
they're
awesome
at
what
they
do.
You
know
so
it
like
makes
me
proud.
You
know
to
be
able
to
say
that
I
have
a
staff
that
I
100
depend
on
and
they
100
depend
on
me.
A
B
We
definitely
need
a
and
b
to
make
c
work,
and
so
we
sat
you
know
days
before
everybody
had
to
go
home
like
okay.
This
is
what
we
need
to
do.
So
this
is
how
we're
going
to
disseminate
this.
You
do
this,
you
do
this,
you
do
this.
Everybody
will
still
continue
to
do
the
same
thing,
we'll
just
do
it
from
home
and
the
communication.
B
A
B
No,
no,
no
you're,
not
I
have
a.
We
have
a
five-year-old
she'll
be
six
in
october
and
you
know
schools
was
closed.
Daycares
were
closed,
so
it's
like
okay.
Now
I
have
to
juggle
being
a
mom
while
at
work.
So
sometimes
work
is
like
a
getaway.
You
know
I'm
like
okay,
I
can
you
know.
I
have
eight
hours
to
myself
like
what
am
I
going
to
do
today,
so
not
being
able
to
get
away,
but
still
like
juggle.
B
Okay,
like
you,
can't
watch
peppa
pig
well,
while
mommy's
watching
like
while
mommy's
working,
you
can't,
you
know,
watch
adley
or
youtube,
you
can't
do
that.
So
you
have
to
you
know
so
a
lot
of
times
I
kept
my
mic
turned
off
because
she's
playing
with
barbies
right
next
to
me
and
people
may
have
seen
like
you
know,
like
a
jerk,
emotion
and
I'm
you
know
like
kicking
barbies
off
my
feet
and
kicking
the
little
baby
yoda
out
the
way.
But
you
know
it
was
in
the
beginning.
B
It
was
hard
but
as
we
kept
going,
you
know
and
as
time
went
on
it
got
easy
because
it's
like
okay,
each
day
in
each
week,
she's
like
okay.
If
mommy
got
the
office
door
closed,
I
know
I
can't
go
in
there.
You
know,
so
she
would
be
in
the
room
with
my
husband,
so
it
definitely
was
a
juggle
in
the
beginning,
because
I
was
stressed
out
like
this,
kid
is
going
to
end
up
coming
up
popping
up
from
behind
me
looking
into
the
camera.
B
A
What
the
thing
on
my
end
was
people
didn't
want
to
see
me.
They
wanted
to
see
my
dog,
and
so
my
dog
actually
got
really
upset
when
I
I
was
only
home
for
about
six
weeks,
but
my
dog
got
really
upset
when
I
started
coming
back
to
the
building,
because
he
loved
being
seen
and
had
hearing
all
the
noises
and
voices.
A
B
It
was
it
definitely
for
some
of
us.
It
was
seamless,
it
was
just
having
to
actually
get
up
and
not
keep
pajama
pants
on
and
have
a
dress
shirt
on
up
top.
You
know
it's
like.
I
have
to
put
clothes
on
today.
You
know
like
I
can't
wear
blue
jeans
every
day.
I
can't
do
that
so
having
to
remember,
like
you're,
actually
going
into
your
place
of
business,
so
you
have
to
come
you're
here
now.
You
have
to
do
just
different
things
and
coming
into
the
office.
B
It
was
like
okay,
we're
here
now,
but
it
just
seemed
foreign
for
a
minute
because
it's
like
we're
looking
around
like
oh
I've,
been
seeing
you
in
a
year
and
a
half
you
can't
wait.
You
know
you're,
like
oh,
is
that
what
you
said
when
you
saw
me,
of
course
I
did.
I
couldn't
believe
how
chunky
you
got
no,
but
you
know
like
I
said
my
staff
never
missed
a
beat.
You
know
because
we
didn't
literally,
we
worked
every
tuesday,
wednesday
and
every
other
meeting
that
council
scheduled.
B
A
B
Right-
and
I
think
you
know
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
you
know
I
truly
commend
all
departments
across
the
city.
You
know
for
the
work
that
they
put
in
during
that
time.
It
was
stressful
for
everybody.
You
know
it
was
more.
It
was
a
little
more
harder
for
some
than
it
was
for
others,
but
the
services
continue.
You
know
when
you
work
in
public
service
and
you
work
in
government
like
life.
B
It
goes
on,
so
it
cannot
be
a
lapse
in
service,
because
if
it
was
a
lapse
in
service,
then
you
have
over
250
000
people
who
it
affects.
You
know,
and
then
you
have
nine
council
members
who
represent
various
districts
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
So
you
know
you
can't
stop,
because,
though
there
are
people
out
there
who
actually
depend
on
city
services,
you
know
whether
it
be
you
know,
whatever
the
city
is
able
to
do
for
their
constituents.
B
So
if
there's
a
lobster
service,
you
know,
then
that
affects
the
livelihood
of
some
people.
You
know,
there's
elderly
people,
elderly
people
who
you
know
depended
on
the
city.
There's
elderly
people
and
you
know
contacting
council
when
they
had
issues.
You
know
when
they
had
food,
you
know
lack
of
food
when
they
couldn't
get
transportation
to
go
to
the
doctor.
So
our
our
members
worked
24
hours
a
day
to
make
sure
that
you
know
their
residents
in
each
respective
district
got
the
things
that
they
needed.
B
Of
course
I
like
my
job,
I
love
my
job.
You
know,
I
think,
because
it's
not
the
same
thing
every
day
you
know
and
just
watching
it's
funny
being
on
the
inside
of
the
political
realm
before
when
I
was
on
the
outside.
Before
I
became
an
intern,
I
just
was
like
well
how
like,
who
are
these
people
like?
Why
are
they
fixing
the
park
or
you
know,
how
do
the
roads
get
paved
like
this
park
is
really
horrible?
B
Who
do
I
contact
you
know
and
what
like
well
where's
all
this
money
coming
from
so
now
that
I
learned
and
I'm
on
the
inside,
you
know
now
I
get
mad,
even
at
my
kids
like
what
do
you
mean?
You
don't
know
who
your
council
representative
is
what?
No,
if
you
have
a
problem,
this
is
who
you
call
you
you
make
sure
you
do
that
and
they're
looking
at
me
like
yeah
mom?
No,
I
no!
We
wait
for
you
can
handle
that
you
know.
So
I
always
try
to
push
you
know.
B
Knowing
who
your
grassroots
local
politicians
are.
You
know,
I
think,
is
very,
very
important,
because
if
you
don't
literally
things
will
pass
you
by
and
you're
like
well,
how
did
oh
united
means,
I
think,
is,
I
think,
is
very
important,
especially
for
the
youth,
because
the
youth
of
today
will
be
our
leaders
of
tomorrow,
and
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
well
grounded
and
they're.
You
know
knowledgeable
on
the
things
that
will
carry
us
and
get
us
through.
Just
like
we're
doing
now.
A
A
We
don't
have
any
because
we're
a
kind
of
an
enclosed
area,
so
he
wrote
a
letter
to
the
mayor
that
I
hand
delivered
and
three
or
four
weeks
later
he
got
a
letter
from
the
mayor
and
my
son
was
running
back
into
his
cub
scout
troop.
The
mayor
said-
and
he
addressed
it
to
me
and
here's
my
letter
and
yeah.
It's
it's
those
kinds
of
things
that
he
doesn't.
A
B
Yeah
we
the
through
pittsburgh
history
and
landmarks
they
used
to
prior
to
kova,
they
would
have
classes
from
different
schools
come
in
and
I
would
talk
to
talk
to
the
students
and
just
teaching
them
about.
You
know
the
cities,
the
neighborhoods,
that's
up
on
the
ceiling
and
the
mayor's
names
that
goes
out
on
the
wall.
You
know
and
letting
them
know
like
if
you
have,
if,
if
there's
a
playground,
you
know
where
the
ground
is
messed
up.
Tell
me
where
you
live
at
and
I
say
well.